Newsday.com Crossword Answer - Oct 31, 2014

 Newsday.com Crossword Solutions - Oct 31, 2014

Clue	Answer
''A Jug of Wine . . .'' poet	OMAR
''Iliad'' setting	TROY
Affirmative action	NOD
Biblical preposition	UNTO
Book before Joel	HOSEA
Brief lamentation	ALAS
Cane cutter	MACHETE
Clinked glasses	TOASTED
Critical shortage	NEED
Crop enemy	FROST
Dance and drama	ARTS
Dance lesson	STEP
Destination for e-filing	IRS
Detective, at times	TRACER
Eggnog spice	MACE
Embracing	INACLINCH
Erstwhile Ford	TBIRD
Fails to	DOESNOT
Farmland	SOIL
Flute range	ALTO
Foot-long lunch	HERO
Gasps, perhaps	REACTS
Gemini star	CASTOR
Grate accumulation	ASHES
Hereditary ruler	DYNAST
Hull hangers-on	BARNACLES
Intro speaker	EMCEE
It's a big step	STRIDE
Joyce's land	EIRE
Lens holders	RIMS
Lipton alternative	NESTEA
Literally, ''let it stand''	STET
Lob	TOSS
Low mark	DEE
Lugs	TOTES
Magna __	CARTA
Mailroom stamp	RECD
Marc Antony's love	AMOR
Med. specialty	NEURO
Melody line	LYRIC
Money-making operations	MINTS
Moonshine ingredient	MASH
North African capital	RABAT
One of the Muses	ERATO
One of the Muses	CLIO
Orange holders	CRATES
Organic fuel	PEAT
Porcelain ingredient	CHINACLAY
Portion out	ALLOT
Protective coat	SEALER
Rancor	SPITE
Religious pamphlets	TRACTS
Secret meeting	TRYST
See __ of hope	ARAY
Served up	DEALT
Smith biopic role	ALI
Snowman accessory	SCARF
Solo	ALONE
Something from the oven	AROMA
Start paying dues	JOINACLUB
Stick on	ATTACH
Stockpile	CACHE
Suspend	CEASE
Swiss chocolatier	LINDT
Take away	DETRACT
Tangy cuisine	CAJUN
Testing place	LAB
The entirety	ALL
Tiny biter	FLEA
Troupe group	ACTORS
Vane reading	EAST
Ventured	BET
Very ornate	ROCOCO
Wedding rental	LIMO
When most movies open: Abbr	FRI
Yell at a bowl	ROOT
Yodeling spot	ALP
__ butter (moisturizer)	SHEA